_r. o...u c_- o,e.r.u o..uue. ..eu. O,:.

cO
American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies Workshop

Galle Face Hotel
3
rd
August, 2013

e Ou e.Oee _r.e3
ec_ .u., e..e e.c._u eOue, e: e:_ e.:u.. eer-u.
Sarala G, Sociopolitical Change, and Sinhala Literary Culture
in 20
th
Century Sri Lanka

O,:eO:u cur.O
Program

9:00 9:30 _..c r. e: eu c,u e.:.
Registration and Tea

9:30 10 .u r_.O c_- eO_.e< u.c. :. .u c.c.
e.u u e: cu

Identifying the Characteristics of Lyrical Poetry and Its Criticism
Samantha Herath

10 10:30 e:_ .ue. .O.uO. cO<u.O
e. eOu ue :

The Realist Trend in Sinhala Song
Samudra Wettasinghe

10:30-11:00 .u u:.e. e.uy.re. o,eu
e.u u ocu

The History of Sinhala Song Through the Eyes of a Musician
Jayantha Aravinda

11:00-11:30 cu -<:. eeeucuu .u ..u.r
c < u o..e u c

Analysis of Ran Banda Seneviratnes Compositions
Praneeth Abeysundara

11:30-12 e.rcc.O Discussion

12:00-1:00 O. e..eu e.:. Lunch

1-1:30 e:_ .ue. e.:u.r o.Ou<.
e u _ ecu ecec.

The Literary Turn in Sinhala Song
Sunil Sarath Perera

1:30-2 uuu .ue. e3c..r _re<
e u _ o. ..e.

Traditional Features of Modern Sinhala Song
Sunil R. Gamage

2:00-2:30 _.er. ec_ .ue.: uu. .._u .3r.O
c.. e3u u cr er.:

The Role of Nanda Malini in Sri Lankan Sarala Gi
Iranga Samindani Weerakkody

2:30-3:00 ec_ .u O..c.c., euc. eer-u., :. rc<.cuu oeeerc
cu ur c<e :

The Sarala Gi Lyrical Movement, Popular Culture, and Karunaratna Abeysekera
Chinthaka Ranasinha

3:00-3:15 eu c,u e.:. Tea

3:15-3:30 e.rcc.O Discussion

3:30-4:00 e-. -:uc.O e.u. c.c.u .Ou eu _r.e3 ec_ ..r
.,cc _ t

Music for the Buddhist Majority: A Sinhala Light Song of Post-Colonial Sri
Lanka
Garrett Field